INDUSTRY EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2025 NOMINEES
20th October 2025
We’re delighted to announce this year’s Industry Excellence Award Nominees. The award sit alongside the festivals’ film awards and are designed to shine a spotlight on the animation heroes working day in and day out within the animation industry, filling our lives with amazing animated work.
The full list of nominees are:
Scriptwriting
Curtis Jobling for Wolf King: The Wyrmwood (Netflix)
Ciaran Murtagh and Andrew Barnett Jones for Super Happy Magic Forest: Cower Before Zorgoth! (CBBC/Tiger Aspect Kids)
Emma Hogan for Doodle Girl: Spooks N’ Scribbles (RTÉ)
Davey Moore for Maddie and Triggs: Can I Have My Ball Back Please? (CBeebies/RTÉjr)
Storyboarding
Vivek Karandikar for Wolf King (Netflix)
Rosie Cash for Nikhil & Jay (CBeebies)
Sasha Fusini for Supertato (BBC)
Hoching Kwok for Maddie and Triggs (CBeebies/RTÉjr)
Character Animation
Eleanor Bourke forLulu is a Rhinoceros (Boulder Media / Bento Box Entertainment / Propagate Content / Apple+ TV)
Thomas Young for Krapopolis – Season 3 (Boulder Media / Bento Box Entertainment / FOX)
Laura Tofarides for Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (BBC / Netflix)
Dave McKenna for Maddie and Triggs (CBeebies/RTÉjr)
Character Design
Maria Vidal Moreno forWolf King (Netflix)
Saeed Rezvani for Mojo Swoptops (CBeebies)
Johnny Cardoso for Riyadh Season (Riyadh Events)
Congratulations to all the nominees. You can find out the winners at the MAF Awards Ceremony, hosted by comedian Alasdair Beckett-King on Thursday 13 November at 20:00. Get your tickets now!
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